Table 4.
Sick leave percentages reported as duration of sick leave or used sick leave at a certain time point.
| Author (Year) | Sick Leave Specified As | Duration of Reported Sick Leave (E.G., Percentage of Participants that Reported Taking Sick Leave of the Specified Duration) | Reported Sick Leave Measured at Time Point (E.G., Percentage of Participants that Reportedly Used Sick Leave at a Certain Time Point) | Not Specified/Various | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <2 weeks | >2 weeks, <1 month | >1 month | Baseline | 1 month | 3 months | 6 months | 12 months | 24 months | 3 years | |||
| Barbosa (2013) [49] | Time off work | 20.0% | 10.9% | 20.0% | ||||||||
| Berecki-Gisolf (2013) [7] | Work disability days | 27.0% of non-hospital group; 44.0% of 1–7 days hospital stay group; 29.0% of >1-week hospital group | ||||||||||
| Biering-Sorensen (2014) [50] | Sick listed | 78.0% | 47.0% | 20.0% | 8.0% | |||||||
| Borchgrevink (1996) [47] | Registered for sick leave | 14.0% | 8.0% | |||||||||
| Brison (2000) [51] | Missing work | 62.0% | ||||||||||
| Buitenhuis (2009) [52] | Being on work disability | 33.9% | 18.9% | 12.6% | ||||||||
| Bylund (1998) [54] | Sick leave | 40.0% | ||||||||||
| Carroll (2012) [55] | Off work | 17.9% | 10.5% | 7.1% | ||||||||
| Dufton (2012) [39] | Off work | At discharge assessment: group 1 56.9%; Group 2 52.8%; Group 3 32.7%. | ||||||||||
| Herrström (2000) [60] | Sick leave | 12.0% | 32% | |||||||||
| Hildingsson (1990) [61] | Sick leave | 14.0% | ||||||||||
| Hours (2014) [31] | Sickness leave | 52.6% | ||||||||||
| Miettinen (2004) [43] | Sick leave | 12.6% | 14.8% | 11.5% | 39% | |||||||
| Pieske (2010) [73] | Inability to work | 9.9% | 6.2% | 3.7% | ||||||||
| Rebbeck (2006) [76] | Workdays off | 24.4% | 20.2% | 16.3% | ||||||||
| Smed (1997) [81] | Sick leave | 38.5% | 15.4% | 61.5% | ||||||||
| Virani (2001) [83] | Time off work | 36.0% | ||||||||||
| Vos (2008) [84] | Sick leave | 36.0% | ||||||||||